Mindwalk
1991 · 111 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 3,326 VOTES · DIR. Bernt Amadeus Capra
Overview
On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Sonia meets Jack and Tom. Sonia is a Norwegian physicist who abandoned a lucrative career after discovering that elements of her work were being applied to weapons development. Jack is an American politician attempting to make sense of his recent defeat as a presidential candidate. Tom is a poet, disillusioned former political speechwriter, and Jack's close friend. As they wander the picturesque medieval abbey, the trio engage in a wide-ranging conversation on political and social problems, exchanging their varied perspectives rooted in their different intellectual backgrounds.
Dialogue Timeline — 385 lines
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01:16:30 Majority of americans are very conservative.
01:17:48 When he meets someone like you who sees things in a...
01:19:02 I doubt if there's been a better form of government...
01:20:03 ...as yours into effect? So, how does all this translate into politics?
01:21:21 We call it Systems Theory, the theory of living systems.
01:22:42 You can contemplate them, you can look at them, as Thomas says...
01:24:03 But if you look at the tree and try to understand it as something separate...
01:25:16 Only the uninformed would call such a notion naive or romantic...
01:26:39 Life is self-organizing. Well, that's just extraordinary.
01:28:02 ...of its cells within 24 hours?
01:29:02 That's one of the important characteristics of life...
01:30:22 Evolution is so much more than adaptation to the environment...
01:31:43 Half our teenagers contemplate suicide, one in five girls has tried it.
01:32:51 In fact, it's going to remain poisonous for a half million years.
01:33:56 Finding a way to get these ideas of yours into the political mainstream.
01:35:07 Look, if you're going to say no, don't say anything just think it over.
01:36:28 It was very brave of you to listen. I'd have been disappointed if you hadn't.
01:37:38 You say, who is the ascidia waiting for in its transparent bell?
01:38:57 ...longitudes on the timid globe of an orange.
01:40:17 Aren't they, too, like fish trapped inside the wind?
01:41:33 It's like the seasons changing, and I like you.
01:43:53 Well, if we're going to go, we better leave now.
01:46:28 Maybe I, too, am tired of being a stranger, of being outside...
01:48:03 Synchronization: andersonvom
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed385
Dialogue density3.5 lines / min
First line01:16:30
Final line01:48:03
Production Record
DirectorBernt Amadeus Capra
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,326